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Why tech workers should oppose #KillerRobots

#artificialintelligenceAug-28-2019, 00:19:08 GMT

Laura Nolan is a computer programmer who resigned from Google over Project Maven. She is now a member of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC) a founding member of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. There are many ethical, political and legal reasons to oppose autonomous weapons, which can strike without a direct human decision to attack. These are good reasons to worry about autonomous weapons, but I am a software engineer and I also oppose the development and use of autonomous weapons on technological grounds. Testing cannot find and eliminate them all.

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